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hotel tax followed almost identical shape and steady recovery. anticipate transfer taxes you can see on the payment has been the most volatile to approximately 50 million and growing up to two hundred and 50 million projected. that's the one to watch as we work ahead. and again, we watch that tax on a month to month basis briefly on some of the uses of reserves. the budget does propose to draw the maximum remaining allowable rainy day reserve it's total is 8 million and 4 million in the second year of the budget. the budget does propose to draw $3 million from the one time account of the rainy day recess and use it for various one time purposes. and then our x reserve are both balances that can be drawn entirely over the two year period and that's for one time purposes. you have legislation in front of you that authorizes that use. there are deposits in the reserve. and consistent with the general receive does grow over this period of time to 1.5 percent of revenues in the second year and that reserve is opportunity in the budget before you. that
hotel tax followed almost identical shape and steady recovery. anticipate transfer taxes you can see on the payment has been the most volatile to approximately 50 million and growing up to two hundred and 50 million projected. that's the one to watch as we work ahead. and again, we watch that tax on a month to month basis briefly on some of the uses of reserves. the budget does propose to draw the maximum remaining allowable rainy day reserve it's total is 8 million and 4 million in the second...
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taxes? >> because that would require us to work with the assessor's office. there is potential down the line for the assessor's office and tax collector's office to work together to purchase the property component of the software. and spoking to the gross receipts tax there are eight different categories. or tax schedules and four progressive rates depending on the type of business activity you engage in. as i mentioned before twice as many businesss will actually be filing and remiting this tax. and they are going to have to report different data points. right now a business simply dells us this is how much payroll tax i have in san francisco and apply the 1.5% rate and then that is how much tax they owe. we're now going to have to continue to collect that information, plus what of their receipts was in each of the different categoris? because they can report in different categories and actually required to. and we will have to know much more about them and their payroll expense will need t
taxes? >> because that would require us to work with the assessor's office. there is potential down the line for the assessor's office and tax collector's office to work together to purchase the property component of the software. and spoking to the gross receipts tax there are eight different categories. or tax schedules and four progressive rates depending on the type of business activity you engage in. as i mentioned before twice as many businesss will actually be filing and remiting...
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so the highest level we do have local taxes growing. in the gin fund and then the fourteen, 15 budget apologizes typo grows by an additional $9 million in the budget thas before you. and again the local recovery could pull those down rather rapidly. the fund available from the current year that's allocated evenly over the two year period continues to improve. on net the budget grows the proposed stabilization over the next time period it tote budget grows by 7 percent vs. the current year budget while the general fund it growing more rapidly because of the tax. but in the next year we've got an 11 percent growth. just briefing highlighting the rates of growth. of course, there's a lot more daily in the report. i can see at the top of this page - well, starting at the bottom of the page local projection is going to be 8 percent. so very strong recovery projected and that's consistent with the recovery in the current year. property tax was flat for several years and recession so, now to grow to a healthy rate. the assessor will be closing
so the highest level we do have local taxes growing. in the gin fund and then the fourteen, 15 budget apologizes typo grows by an additional $9 million in the budget thas before you. and again the local recovery could pull those down rather rapidly. the fund available from the current year that's allocated evenly over the two year period continues to improve. on net the budget grows the proposed stabilization over the next time period it tote budget grows by 7 percent vs. the current year...
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by decreases to the tax rate due to the retirement of other general obligation bonds. we recommend that you approve both the proposed resolution. as well as the ordinance listed. i am happy to respond to any questions. >> thank you mr. rose. colleagues, about questions. supervisor avalos. >> thank you. it's a question not necessarily for mr. rose but like we have done on occasion with the water system improvement program it would be good to get a status update of the hospital rebuild project and i can introduce a hearing for that just to see where we're at in terms of that project and how we're meeting all of our time line and financing goals or maybe you can provide a short summary now. >> good morning. i'm with the department of public works. i am happy to give you an update on where the project is right now what we have accomplished to date, so it's been a busy five years since the prop a was approved in 2008. i have maybe a few slides i can give you. i have it set up. so if you look on the screen there's a couple of milestones that we have accomplished to date. we
by decreases to the tax rate due to the retirement of other general obligation bonds. we recommend that you approve both the proposed resolution. as well as the ordinance listed. i am happy to respond to any questions. >> thank you mr. rose. colleagues, about questions. supervisor avalos. >> thank you. it's a question not necessarily for mr. rose but like we have done on occasion with the water system improvement program it would be good to get a status update of the hospital...
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it is important to leverage the local sales tax dollars to complement and support of the city funded infrastructure investment coming from voter approved initiatives such as the street bond that we all i think worked on. working in tandem with mta to deliver pedestrian safety, traffic calming and other improvements faster and more efficiently and very fair and process to select our executive director. i believe that commissioner avalos will be able to handily take the wheel and help us usher and addresses key issues that i've outlined today. thank you. >> thank you commissioner, before i turn to commissioner wiener, i want to ask if there is any other member of the public who like to say something else on this item? public comment on this is closed. commissioner wiener. >>i'm happy to support commissioner avalos as chair. sometimes something to get lost in the debates is that even though we have areas of disagreement but often get a lot of attention, a lot of press coverage because anytime you have a big dispute at city hall that is likely to get the attention, in reality when it com
it is important to leverage the local sales tax dollars to complement and support of the city funded infrastructure investment coming from voter approved initiatives such as the street bond that we all i think worked on. working in tandem with mta to deliver pedestrian safety, traffic calming and other improvements faster and more efficiently and very fair and process to select our executive director. i believe that commissioner avalos will be able to handily take the wheel and help us usher...
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i the item before you for the tax code of the tax financing obligations for the school as supervisor breed's representative has described. our office held duly noticed hearing to receive public comment and none was received, and there is no fiscal impact to the city and the city is not a party to the transaction, so the item -- the resolution approves for purpose of the tax code the public hearing and the facilitation of the finances on that basis. >> okay. perfect. any other questions? i know that we have some people i believe from the french american school here. you're welcome to speak if you want. i don't think we have any questions per se but you're welcome to take the opportunity. >> thank you. my name is aaron lef veen and the chief officer at the french american school. i want to thank you for the resolution and we will make proves to a vacant and unused property and believe it will be improvements. >> i am here from the school and hoping that you support the resolution. >> thank you very much. seeing no further questions. we don't have a budget analyst report for item three
i the item before you for the tax code of the tax financing obligations for the school as supervisor breed's representative has described. our office held duly noticed hearing to receive public comment and none was received, and there is no fiscal impact to the city and the city is not a party to the transaction, so the item -- the resolution approves for purpose of the tax code the public hearing and the facilitation of the finances on that basis. >> okay. perfect. any other questions? i...
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you can't tax this directly but you can do this with sugar tax that impacts our youth directly. thank you. >>> thank you. my name is todd davis. i want to thank supervisor march for joining us in our committee meeting and san francisco action committee has fully endorsed the sugary benefit tax and confident that we'll have 1 piece of legislation moving forward. a couple of things i want to talk about that are some of the talk on the street that is out there with the november 2014 ballot that the sugar beverage tax can hurt the education fund or the children's fund. i provided supervisor march with research that was done boo i the u.s. mccarthy school and the polling that was done and the pipeline support was 86 percent and the top line for children's support was 85 percent. it was plus one what was needed to pass. anyone making claims that the sugary beverage tax could pull down the reauthorization is stretching. in 2014 presents an opportunity for san francisco to prove that we are a city that cares about it's children. if we pass the reauthorization, the children's fund and pa
you can't tax this directly but you can do this with sugar tax that impacts our youth directly. thank you. >>> thank you. my name is todd davis. i want to thank supervisor march for joining us in our committee meeting and san francisco action committee has fully endorsed the sugary benefit tax and confident that we'll have 1 piece of legislation moving forward. a couple of things i want to talk about that are some of the talk on the street that is out there with the november 2014...
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item 10 is an item that was sponsored by the tax collector. it's a resolution that requires board approval to allow the tax collector to pursue a certain claim for a recovery of funds. the item probably should -- will be considered in closed session by this committee at a future date, but today it was scheduled on the agenda under the settlement portion of the agenda and because this item isn't a settlement, we'd recommend that the committee continue this item to the next rules committee meeting when you can consider it in a separately agendized closed session. >> okay, any questions about that, colleagues? >> no. >> seeing none, can somebody make a motion to continue. is there any public comment on this -- which item, all of them? just 10, right? >> 10. >> any public comment on item number 10? seeing none, public comment is closed. can i have a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair? >> so moved. >> no objection, item will continue. so, is there any public comment on item number 9, 11 and 12? seeing none, public comment is clos
item 10 is an item that was sponsored by the tax collector. it's a resolution that requires board approval to allow the tax collector to pursue a certain claim for a recovery of funds. the item probably should -- will be considered in closed session by this committee at a future date, but today it was scheduled on the agenda under the settlement portion of the agenda and because this item isn't a settlement, we'd recommend that the committee continue this item to the next rules committee...
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which is our largest overall local revenue source, though business taxes and our hotel and sales taxes are as growing over that time period. this slide highlights for you wla the projected growth rates are in the plan, so you can see, you know, stronger growth rates in the early first two years and more moderate projections in the subsequent years. on the expenditure side, our -- the city's expenditures are projected to increase by 1.1 billion dollars over the five year period, that's about 25% growth, and the largest share of that is our salary and fringe benefit costs which are growing we're projecting 460 million dollars, there are a number of citywide cost increase that is are assumed in this plan, things like fully funding our capital plan, our it plan and equipment costs, the plan also assumes that we fully fund inflation on grants as well as other non-personnel services, so that's all the contracts, grants, and other types of expenditures that are not staff costs. >> supervisor breed? >> yes, can you please explain what you mean by fully fund capital plan? >> happy to answer tha
which is our largest overall local revenue source, though business taxes and our hotel and sales taxes are as growing over that time period. this slide highlights for you wla the projected growth rates are in the plan, so you can see, you know, stronger growth rates in the early first two years and more moderate projections in the subsequent years. on the expenditure side, our -- the city's expenditures are projected to increase by 1.1 billion dollars over the five year period, that's about 25%...
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, so you have parking tax and property tax are the ones, so mta receives 80% of parking tax in lieu, and what that means is that the parking tax comes into the general fund and we give mta general fund money in the same dollar amount, so that amounts to 61 million dollars, similarly with the library, 2.5% of property tax, this is an additional 37 million, open space, 37 million, the children's fund of 44.7 million, the municipal symphony, 2 million, and then the hotel tax as we discussed earlier, 88 million that is then budgeted, 56 million of that is budgeted in the general fund. >> so, the open space fund is getting an additional 37 million this year, yes, this year? >> it is getting 37 million, it is not an additional, each year, it gets the percentage of property tax, 2.5% of property tax, so as property tax grows, the open space fund is lucky enough to grow with our largest growing general fund tax. >> got it. supervisor avalos? >> just a question on that, so we have the open space property tax set aside, 2.5% at 37.3 million, is there anything that protects overall funding with
, so you have parking tax and property tax are the ones, so mta receives 80% of parking tax in lieu, and what that means is that the parking tax comes into the general fund and we give mta general fund money in the same dollar amount, so that amounts to 61 million dollars, similarly with the library, 2.5% of property tax, this is an additional 37 million, open space, 37 million, the children's fund of 44.7 million, the municipal symphony, 2 million, and then the hotel tax as we discussed...
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. >> item number 12 remove certainty observations of the hotel tax and remove obsolete items. and this is regarding the quantifies of charities. >> good afternoon supervisors. kate howard. i'm here with the deputy demeanor of the mayor's office with housing and community development. and brian two from the community development and mo h cd. as you know the mayor's office representatives the city and county of san francisco and insures are this is a place where people can thrive. i want to address the specific changes in the mayors administrative offers and turn the presentation over to my colleague to discuss more significant changes in the mayor's office. >> i want to show you this overview of the mayors budget. approximately tow percent of the mayors budget is in affordable housing. and then approximately fourteen percent in the mayors administrative offices. like public policy and finance. the second chart shows you a breakdown of how we spend the money in the mayors budget 40 percent in the housing loans and smaller amounts in other categories. i'm note for you salaries co
. >> item number 12 remove certainty observations of the hotel tax and remove obsolete items. and this is regarding the quantifies of charities. >> good afternoon supervisors. kate howard. i'm here with the deputy demeanor of the mayor's office with housing and community development. and brian two from the community development and mo h cd. as you know the mayor's office representatives the city and county of san francisco and insures are this is a place where people can thrive. i...
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remembering correctly, supervisor, so i believe the last time that the city was able to fund the hotel tax allocations at the level that the code recommends was fiscal year 2007-2008, so it's been a number of years that we have deferred that or captured that growth for the general fund, and you're also correct to say that the fiscal 13-14 budget that was adopted last year assumes that the growth in the hotel tax benefits the general fund, so that's already been -- the board last year made a choice to utilize those hotel tax resources for the general fund rather than allowing for growth. >> just for a point of clarification around the hotel tax legislation, how is the general fund able to absorb that increase separately from what's required according to the legislation based on the cap of what art entities receive? i know that it's not to decrease or increase, i think it's either 5 or 10 percent and anything above that can be captured by the general fund and so i'm trying to understand exactly how the general fund has been able to capture that without increasing those hotel tax recipients?
remembering correctly, supervisor, so i believe the last time that the city was able to fund the hotel tax allocations at the level that the code recommends was fiscal year 2007-2008, so it's been a number of years that we have deferred that or captured that growth for the general fund, and you're also correct to say that the fiscal 13-14 budget that was adopted last year assumes that the growth in the hotel tax benefits the general fund, so that's already been -- the board last year made a...
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on slide 15 where it talks about fiscal strategies, additional tax fees and other revenues, is that -- does that include the 55 million for the vls? >> it includes an amount that is equal to that, whether or not it would be the vls, i don't know, but it does assume that effective in the 15-16 fiscal year, there would be significant additional revenue of about 55 million dollars. >> okay, and so if you look at the bulk of the increase and the growth in the years, a majority of that is that 55 million, whether it's vls or something else? >> that's correct. >> and so my understanding of the state legislation that senator leno was thankfully able to get there will you, it would be a general tax that goes into the general fund, right? >> that's right, so if the measure were to be -- if a measure related to the vlf would be placed on the ballot in november of 14, it would be available to the city in the subsequent year and would be a general revenue to the city unless it were a measure accompanied it to dedicate it in some way. >> right, so i know -- obviously it's a general tax and it cann
on slide 15 where it talks about fiscal strategies, additional tax fees and other revenues, is that -- does that include the 55 million for the vls? >> it includes an amount that is equal to that, whether or not it would be the vls, i don't know, but it does assume that effective in the 15-16 fiscal year, there would be significant additional revenue of about 55 million dollars. >> okay, and so if you look at the bulk of the increase and the growth in the years, a majority of that...
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the replacement of the city tax system to the assessor and treasury tax collector, those are approximately 20 million. so, though four requests we consider major it investments and they makeup a substantial portion of the general fund credit. ~ request. this next slide shows the relationship of those major it investments over the course of the five years with the other departmental requests. the major it investments are in red and in blue are the other departmental requests. and you can see that low line going along the bottom, the green line, is the current coit allocation. so, you can see the substantial funding gap that we're looking at. and, so, there were many considerations that needed coit was looking at when developing the financial strategies. a lot of these financial strategies that are in the fct plan are building off of what is in the current plan. this plan does have the financial strategies categorized. the first category is improving planning and increasing collaboration. this is, again, emphasizing the importance of planning and critical project development for these major
the replacement of the city tax system to the assessor and treasury tax collector, those are approximately 20 million. so, though four requests we consider major it investments and they makeup a substantial portion of the general fund credit. ~ request. this next slide shows the relationship of those major it investments over the course of the five years with the other departmental requests. the major it investments are in red and in blue are the other departmental requests. and you can see...
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were there other classifications reviewed rather than just the structure within the treasurer/tax collector? it could very well be this is right classification. i just want to understand that process. >> supervisor, as you know, all of the city's classifications are reviewed by dhr and i know dhr did work with the treasurer's office to identify the appropriate classifications. the09 53 position, just the salary and range for that position is $125,000 to $159,000 on an annual basis. i think the information reflected in the budget analyst's report is the fully-loaded costs meaning the fringe benefits and the salaries as well. the deputy director 3 the 0 53 as i understand is the appropriate deputy director level for the treasurer's office based on their organizational structure, which uses the 0953 classification. >> if i just take a look at the high-end of that classification, at $159,000, and i'm multiply it .42, i still only get $226,000, so i just wanted to understand what the differential was. why don't we go to the budget analyst's report. >> madame chair and supervisor avalos, yes, tha
were there other classifications reviewed rather than just the structure within the treasurer/tax collector? it could very well be this is right classification. i just want to understand that process. >> supervisor, as you know, all of the city's classifications are reviewed by dhr and i know dhr did work with the treasurer's office to identify the appropriate classifications. the09 53 position, just the salary and range for that position is $125,000 to $159,000 on an annual basis. i...
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the government and decide highway tax dollars are paint e spent. >> the reality is who knows better about their community. no one else can make a better decide for you, you. this is different because you're voting for where the money it going to be spent instead of allowing them to spend the money. first poem brainstorm ideas and start to think of what kinds of projects would they like to see in their neighborhoods and volunteers can turn them into really projects. we had a series of project meetings and they narrowed it down. what are the real needs of the community that's going to pen as many people harassing as possible. >> we're asking for laptops. >> people actually getting paid in governing in their city and coming up with the thing that can improve their community. we're saying you know what you live in our community and you have a right to decide and we should listen to that voice. the project system was good. we have some playground improvement and roadhouses >> there's been implemented over the next two years and the following year the process starts again and they'll own
the government and decide highway tax dollars are paint e spent. >> the reality is who knows better about their community. no one else can make a better decide for you, you. this is different because you're voting for where the money it going to be spent instead of allowing them to spend the money. first poem brainstorm ideas and start to think of what kinds of projects would they like to see in their neighborhoods and volunteers can turn them into really projects. we had a series of...
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this year we are reformed from payroll tax and i heard that previous payroll tax hurt job growth and i agreed and propyl vision e was passed this last november and because of proposition e san francisco standards to ads more new private sector jobs and that is a huge success. i want to say supervisor that yes, the technology industry has been growing in san francisco and now includes over one thousand sen hundred companies that employed or 39,000 employees and this is something of which i am proud and i'm also proud that tech s f are training and connecting san francisco residents with diverse backgrounds to get those tech sector jobs, we will train and place over 2,000 san francisco residental in tech jobs over the next five years with our first tech s f graduating class this may. but that is not the whole story. recently economic studies have shown supervisor for every technology job created issue over four additional jobs outside of the tech field are sustained. and a full three quarters of the city's job growth has happened outside of the technology industry. the tourism industry
this year we are reformed from payroll tax and i heard that previous payroll tax hurt job growth and i agreed and propyl vision e was passed this last november and because of proposition e san francisco standards to ads more new private sector jobs and that is a huge success. i want to say supervisor that yes, the technology industry has been growing in san francisco and now includes over one thousand sen hundred companies that employed or 39,000 employees and this is something of which i am...
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the negative number you see here is due to the $5 million hotel tax that used to be allocated directly to the housing affordable project. additionally it was quite a year for the mayor's office of housing in terms of the passage of the property c dealing with the successor agency upon the dissolution of the mayors agency. the mayor take on all the equity programs and assets and about 11 hundred units and affordable housing assets not only monitor but preserved to marry we don't lose my units of housing. as the director mentioned today 1884 passed and the funds that were about $185 million went back to a separate entity that this office createed. we're partnering with the c ii to implement the affordable housing implementations which include the on site and inclusionary affordable unit and a transfer mission bay and a shipyard and the replacement housing implementation that could be fund citywide. so those funds are recovering to implementing those critical projects. and the last line is that fund created by state law to fund the continuation of those redevelopment assets that were allo
the negative number you see here is due to the $5 million hotel tax that used to be allocated directly to the housing affordable project. additionally it was quite a year for the mayor's office of housing in terms of the passage of the property c dealing with the successor agency upon the dissolution of the mayors agency. the mayor take on all the equity programs and assets and about 11 hundred units and affordable housing assets not only monitor but preserved to marry we don't lose my units of...
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relief for payroll expense tax and gross receipts tax payments; to require combined reporting of the payroll expense tax by related taxpayers; and to clarify that fees and special assessments are administered according to the common administrative provisions applicable to other business taxes. >> item number 7 ordinance amending the business and tax regulations code to provide additional penalty relief for payroll expense tax and gross receipts tax payments; to require combined reporting of the payroll expense tax by related taxpayers; and to clarify that fees and special assessments are administered according to the common administrative provisions applicable to other business taxes. >> okay. thank you. we have our treasure tax office here and greg thank you for being here. >> good afternoon. has the short title explained, this legislation has three things. and they're all add -- administrative. what this does is allow the tax payers to avoid penalties and interest if they make a minimum quarterly installment paument and if they make an under payment and an overpayment in one tax, o
relief for payroll expense tax and gross receipts tax payments; to require combined reporting of the payroll expense tax by related taxpayers; and to clarify that fees and special assessments are administered according to the common administrative provisions applicable to other business taxes. >> item number 7 ordinance amending the business and tax regulations code to provide additional penalty relief for payroll expense tax and gross receipts tax payments; to require combined reporting...
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slides specifically lays out how we're using tax-exempt bond proceeds. so we follow our best efforts and review those and the city spends the money consistently and the bawsca would members would indemnify us. see its a protection. >> so they would mid-atlantic sure that the surge charges levied are enough to cover? >> that ; is that correct?. all the risks are a burden on them. we have to then use our best efforts to be consistent with the irs regulations just like we do for the $5 billion of bonds that we have outstanding right now. >> okay. why don't we go to the budget analyst's report? >> madame chair, supervisor avalos, on page 8 of our report, we point out that as shown in attachment 1,the wholesale customers total principal and interest payments to the ing over the 25-year term. we also point out that although the proposed $362.3 million [prao*-epl/] payment would cause puc to forego future interest earnings, through 2014-2013 [#34*-rbgs/] the wholesale customers have the right to pre-pay the balance owed on capital assets under the existing wate
slides specifically lays out how we're using tax-exempt bond proceeds. so we follow our best efforts and review those and the city spends the money consistently and the bawsca would members would indemnify us. see its a protection. >> so they would mid-atlantic sure that the surge charges levied are enough to cover? >> that ; is that correct?. all the risks are a burden on them. we have to then use our best efforts to be consistent with the irs regulations just like we do for the $5...
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for the children's fund, it's a property tax allocation but it's going in the 2014 election year. so what is the threshold for that? >> majority. >> good evening, been rosen, controller. that will also be a 50 percent vote. it takes the form, in essence, of a base line. >> uh-huh. >> but it's defined as an amount of our property tax take but it's not actually imposing a special tax. >> so both measures will be 50 percent plus 1. do we have an understanding of what measures will be on the ballot currently that are scheduled for 2014? i know we're considering the vehicle license fee and potentially a go bond, i just have a sense of what else is going to be on the ballot for that year. >> i believe those are two that are in the official plans at this point, the vehicle license fee which has to be carried in a general election year, which 14 will be a general obligation bond for transportation and transit i believe is contained in the capital plan that you have approved, and of course the usual conversations that happen regarding general tax increases in those years. but i don't know
for the children's fund, it's a property tax allocation but it's going in the 2014 election year. so what is the threshold for that? >> majority. >> good evening, been rosen, controller. that will also be a 50 percent vote. it takes the form, in essence, of a base line. >> uh-huh. >> but it's defined as an amount of our property tax take but it's not actually imposing a special tax. >> so both measures will be 50 percent plus 1. do we have an understanding of what...
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despite the claims and argues about sugary beverage tax is a regressive tax, it's a much higher tax that will affect these communities. this is a tax supported by scientific evidence by knowledge and i'm glad we have brought this forth with the board of supervisors. i look forward to hearing this. >> good afternoon, everyone, thank you for being here and thank you for caring enough about not only your health but there is health of san francisco. i want to get my thank yous out in case i'm not able to sit for the entire hearing today. but i want to thank you for your hard work and diligence on this report. it is incredible on what you have done and we've heard the facts on what will be part of this year. hopefully by the end of this initiative, we will, our children will be spewing out facts and it is our goal to raise people's awareness and i want to acknowledge the unprecedented number of educators all the way down to the clergy and to the people that are adversely affected by sugary beverages. i'm excited because we have an opportunity to inspire other municipalities and other cities a
despite the claims and argues about sugary beverage tax is a regressive tax, it's a much higher tax that will affect these communities. this is a tax supported by scientific evidence by knowledge and i'm glad we have brought this forth with the board of supervisors. i look forward to hearing this. >> good afternoon, everyone, thank you for being here and thank you for caring enough about not only your health but there is health of san francisco. i want to get my thank yous out in case i'm...